I tend to think technology has no inherent morality. Some technology is constructed/extended such that (im)moral purposes are highly "convenient" but in all cases it's humans that choose. Your sentence made me reread it a few times. I think nothing *is* political, emphasizing the verb 'is'. I think ...

I would argue that something is political if it utilizes political (violence) means. The vaccine became political when attempts were made to force people to get it; letting people opt out is almost the definition of non-political. Controversial maybe, but I dont think bitcoin is political, fiat is p...